{"data":{"id":"us-me/27-m.r.s.-34","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"27 M.R.S. §34","heading":"Library development","body":"The Department of Education shall maintain a school library media section in cooperation with the Maine State Library that must carry on the following activities:\n1.  Media center standards.  Recommending school library media center standards and evaluation of programs;\n2.  Certification of media professionals.  Assisting in the certification and recertification of school library media professionals;\n3.  Project review.  Reviewing state funded school library media center construction and renovation projects;\n4.  Expenditures for school library media programs.  Advising the Commissioner of Education on the expenditure of state and federal grants for school library media programs;\n5.  School approval.  Assisting the Commissioner of Education with basic school approvals as it pertains to library instruction;\n6.  School accreditation.  Assisting with local school accreditation visits;\n7.  School library staff.  Providing leadership in staff development and continuing education of school library staff;\n8.  Information for local school systems.  Providing educational research and resource information for local school systems;\n9.  Video tape library.\n10.  Related activities.  Related activities in cooperation with the Maine State Cultural Affairs Council; and\n11.  Electronic resources and database library.  Maintaining and providing an electronic library service as well as a database library for use by elementary and secondary schools.","path":["TITLE 27: LIBRARIES, HISTORY, CULTURE AND ART","CHAPTER 1: STATE LIBRARY","SUBCHAPTER 2: OPERATION AND SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/27/title27sec34.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:35Z","sha256":"61e8f0ed65a95982259d9d6dda9b8bce1a4a6a705a677990b5130d66bfc6264f","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/27-m.r.s.-33","next":"us-me/27-m.r.s.-35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}